Secretary of State Dulles urges $3.5 billion foreign aid 60 years ago today (June 4 1954)

1950s, Cold War, First Indochina War


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(Friday, June 4, 1954; during the First Indochina War, part of the Cold War) — U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles urged the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today to invest $3.5 billion in foreign aid during the next 12 months to help prevent “red domination” of the world.